Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of the Medjidie, V Class Auction without push-button

without push-button

1940 at 1:35PM

with awardee number “122151”

the reverse is engraved 1941

Robertson III was aboard a B-25D Mitchell Bomber 42-87287 with a crew of ten aboard

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of the Medjidie, V Class Auction without push-buttonInstituted in 1851. In silver with gold center, star has seven triple quills with small crescents and stars between each quill, obverse shows Sultan Abdul Mejids royal cipher surrounded by an inscription, inclusive of crescent moon suspension 73. 2 mm (h) x 58. 3 mm (w), on original striped ribbon, near mint condition. Footnote: The Order of the Medjidie was a military and knightly order of the Ottoman Empire instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdlmecid I.